The lord giveth and the lord taketh

[schmevil]

Birds of Prey and She-Hulk have both been canceled. This is, to put it mildly, distressing. I tend to read a lot of minis and catch up on series in trades, but I do like to have a handful of books to follow monthly. I'm now down to only two books, Ms. Marvel and Wonder Woman. So, fellow comics fans on the flist! I need some recs for new books to replace the plethora of titles that have been canceled, or just completed their runs, in the past few months.

Comics genres I like: biographies/autobiographies, super-heroes, comedy, westerns, war stories, horror, science fiction, noir/crime fiction, slice of life, martial arts books, 'alt-comics', history and romance. Just about everything, really.

Things I look for: good female characters, interesting and eye-catching art, solid pacing, smart storytelling and good dialog. I like fun stories and not-so-fun stories, small stories and big stories. Just good comics. :)

Hook me up people! What awesome books are you following? (btw, I just ordered Janes In Love, Criminal: the Dead and Dying, French Milk and Buffy vol 3).

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The most recent round of Marvel solicits contained both She-Hulk's last hurrah, and a new mini that I am so picking up because frankly, I've been wanting a story like this, and talking about my visceral need for a story like this, for roughly a year now.

SHE-HULK #38
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by STEVE SCOTT
Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS
SHE-HULK R.I.P.!
She's been savage. She's been sensational. She's been an avenger. She's been a lawyer. She's been a bounty-hunter. But there's one thing She-Hulk has always been, in all of her many series... cancelled. But it hasn't stopped her yet! In this oversized final issue, Peter David brings his run on the Jade Giantess to a close... but can Jen use her last remaining pages to save her friends from a truly mammoth threat? Catch her now, before someone turns her red!



At least Jen gets a classic Shulkie cover for her sendoff. I... don't have anything to say about the cancellation right now (other than WAH!), but I'll probably spam your flists with my whining later.

MODELS, INC. #1 (of 4)
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Pencils by VIÇENC VILLAGRASSA
Cover by SCOTT CLARK
Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm and Millicent (Millie the Model) Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own!



I hate the cover, but I am SO ON BOARD FOR THIS. The only thing that could make me love this more (other than a new cover artist), would be a cameo by Janet Van Dyne.

Comments

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

The cover of Models Inc looks like they ran a photo through photoshop filters then traced it. XD Interesting idea for a mini series!

I'm still reading Empowered (Issue 4 is out and it's the best one yet!), Doktor Sleepless (for the interesting concepts if nothing else... it's no Transmet), and you already know I ordered French Milk. XD

I don't really read floppy comics, I prefer trades and graphic novels.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of Models! Who fight crime! Especially when two of them are MJ Watson and Patsy Walker (aka Hellcat). They're both adorable. It's such a shoujo manga concept. :D

You keep recing me Empowered. I think I'll finally have to check it out. Doktor Sleepless... someone else reced that to me as well. Hmm.

I don't really read floppy comics, I prefer trades and graphic novels.

Generally I feel the same, but I've gotten back into the habit, and it's just nice, having monthly tibdits of comics fun.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

oh!! and the first collection of freakangels has come out too! http://www.freakangels.com/ to read them online. Interesting post-apocalyptic story.

oh man, Adam Warren really has his finger on the pulse of the internet! At first I thought I'd be put off by the bondage superheroine theme and obvious cheesecake but Empowered has a lot of strength, it's a great look at super heros, it's funny as hell (and pretty adult with some soft-porn sort of scenes), and Warren is good at giving us sexy manflesh as well as womanflesh. I get 'looks' when I buy it at the store but it's got more to it than just what the covers would seem. Either that or I'm trying to justify my shallow entertainment choices! XDDD

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

*bookmarks FreakAngel* I keep forgetting to start reading this one.

I check out Empowered posts on scans_daily every now and again, and it does look like a lot of fun. Very in-joke-y too, in some ways.

Either that or I'm trying to justify my shallow entertainment choices! XDDD

No need! At least not in my journal. :)

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

Empowered is quite in-jokey. And Internet-jokey. She reads slash fanfiction about her team mates! XD

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Latest comic I read that impressed me was Samurai Legend which has gorgeous art and a good plot though it's only four issues and two of them are out already. I also recommend House of Mystery if you're not reading it. Have you read Crossing Midnight?

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

I have some HoM on my hd, waiting to be read. Maybe I'll finally get around to it, with all my freed up time. :) I've never read Crossing Midnight, though I've heard good things about it. I'll check it out in the store. *checks out some Samurai Lord covers* Oooh. Is it just me or are there a lot of cool European comics being republished by Marvel right now?

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Marvel seems to have realized that France and various other European countries have an awesome comic market. I hope they keep it up since there's plenty of stuff I'd rather read in English than French.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

My French needs a lot of work, and while I could put in some of that work while reading comics, I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy them, having to consult my dictionary every other sentence. Worse when the science talk gets going. ;) So I hope this trend isn't over any time soon. I'm really loving the art, which generally has a very different sensibility than American art.

[dlasta.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised about She-Hulk. I love the character but they never seem to know what to do with her.
Still, bah.

Rec: Are you familiar with Bros Hernandez? Love and Rockets?

Must check Models, Inc.:)